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Cove Mountain

Cove Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Cove Mountain rises to 554 m in Tennessee. Chimneytop stands 945 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Dodson Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. East Tennessee Crossing passes 19 miles off.

The story

mountain in Hawkins County, Tennessee, United States of America (GNIS ID = 1281423)

Wikidata Q31668029, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
554 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.33565, -82.94544

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 51
  • Thomas Amis Historic Park: 5.8 mi
  • Baileyton Community Park: 6.0 mi
  • Saint Clair Park: 7.9 mi
  • Surgoinsville Creek Side Park: 10.7 mi
  • The Big Spring: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 16
Historic sites: 13
  • Rod Armstrong Building: 6.0 mi
  • Hale Springs Inn: 6.0 mi
  • Kyle House: 6.0 mi
  • Joseph Rogers Building: 6.0 mi
  • Phipps Bend Nuclear Plant: 11.6 mi
Museums: 9
  • Swift Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Archie Campbell Museum Complex: 9.7 mi
  • Bulls Gap Railroad Museum: 9.7 mi
  • City Garage Car Museum: 13.6 mi
  • The Greeneville Greene County History Museum: 13.6 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Margarette Falls: 23.1 mi
  • Camp Creek Falls: 23.3 mi
  • Pete's Branch Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Squibb Creek Falls: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County East: 7.8 mi
  • I-81 Rest Area - Greene County West: 9.9 mi
  • Rest Area and Tennessee Welcome Center: 24.3 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Attractions: 3
Springs: 2
  • Rocky Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Tate Spring: 22.3 mi
Artworks: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Cove Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
ChimneytopENE 69°945 m14.2 mi
Chimneytop MountainENE 69°926 m14.2 mi
Fodderstack MountainENE 72°839 m10.9 mi
Short MountainWNW 284°808 m13.4 mi
Stone MountainENE 71°789 m9.2 mi
Stony LumpENE 75°766 m7.6 mi
Devils NoseNNW 337°727 m8.9 mi
Brokenback MountainE 91°675 m3.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:1019:44
June solstice06:1520:1520:53
September equinox07:2018:5619:30
December solstice07:4016:4117:21

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353947566572757469584739
Precip in4.64.24.54.54.14.44.93.23.32.73.44.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rogersville 1 NE, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356796601

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